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Make customs, bond services simpler: BGMEA
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday called for making the customs, bond and VAT related services simpler and faster to remain competitive in the global apparel market.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
E3 Solutions, I-Station to merge
Extreme Exhibition & Event Solution Ltd, also known as E3 Solutions, and I-Station Ltd, an emerging company in events, exhibition and conference services, signed an agreement for merger recently.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
BB fixes quotas for sukuk bond allocation
Bangladesh Bank yesterday fixed quotas for allocating sukuk bonds among Shariah-based banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and individual investors.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Mercantile Bank takes PLC suffix
Mercantile Bank Ltd has changed its name to Mercantile Bank PLC (public limited company), the central bank said in a circular yesterday.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Mobile subscriber base gets another boost in July
The mobile subscriber base in Bangladesh continues to grow as network operators in the country acquired a total of about 14 lakh customers in July, registering the biggest monthly jump in over a year.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
NCC Bank inks deal with AamarPay
NCC Bank Ltd recently signed a corporate agreement with AamarPay, a sister concern of web outsourcing company Soft Tech Innovation Ltd.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Another $1b budget support expected this year
Bangladesh is expecting another $1 billion in budget support towards the end of the year in a financing arrangement led by the Asian Development Bank.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Shahjalal Islami Bank holds workshop on sustainable finance
Shahjalal Islami Bank organised an awareness raising workshop on sustainable finance at the bank’s training academy in Dhaka on Saturday.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM
New GSP of UK: Bangladesh’s RMG export prospects brighten
Bangladesh’s garment export to the United Kingdom (UK) is expected to rise significantly as the British government will continue to offer duty-free benefits to developing nations even after they graduate from the least developed country (LDC) status.
27 August 2023, 00:00 AM
16 non-banks weighed down by high NPLs
Nearly half of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) saw a third of their loans turn into non-performing ones at the end of March 2023, which gives an indication of the tough times the sector was going through mainly due to massive irregularities in 8 to 10 companies.
27 August 2023, 00:00 AM
NBFIs with lower bad loans
Although most non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh are struggling with a high rate of non-performing loans (NPLs), some of them are bucking the trend by maintaining a lower ratio.
27 August 2023, 00:00 AM
India expands curbs on rice exports
India has imposed a 20 percent duty on exports of parboiled rice with immediate effect, a move that could further reduce shipments from the world’s largest exporter and lift global rice prices, which are already trading near their highest levels in 12 years.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Can we be optimistic about Bangladesh?
Of course. Despite challenges around, we have many reasons to be optimistic about Bangladesh.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh’s rice acreage, production to drop
Land use for rice cultivation in Bangladesh is likely to decline in marketing year (MY) 2023-24, which began on May, forecasted the US Department of Agriculture at the end of last week.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Digital banks should aim to speed up financial inclusion
The key objective of digital banks should be to expand financial inclusion in the country rather than registering profit, according to industry experts.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
GM cotton cultivation kicks off
Bangladesh has started cultivation of genetically modified (GM) cotton for the first time this year to boost yields and cut import dependence of the raw materials of yarn, a top official of the Cotton Development Board (CDB) said yesterday.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Infrastructure needed for plastic circularity
Bangladesh needs to establish the required infrastructure to efficiently collect, store and recycle plastic products in order to achieve circularity in the industry, speakers said at a seminar.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Brac Bank, Gram Unnayan sign deal
Brac Bank recently signed a strategic partnership with a non-governmental organisation (NGO) Gram Unnayan Karma to support farmers living in remote char areas by enabling them to adopt high-value crops and develop markets for their agricultural produce.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Listed NBFIs log lower earnings in January-June
All of the listed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh that published their financial reports for the January-June period of the current calendar year reported lower earnings due to reduced interest income, among other reasons.
25 August 2023, 00:00 AM
Electric vehicle sales yet to gain pace
Although Bangladesh is laying the groundwork for gradually adopting electric vehicles (EVs), sales are yet to gain pace because of higher prices, further inflated by an elevated level of import duty and the cost of registration, according to market players.
25 August 2023, 00:00 AM